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TIL that there were 26 families of passengers on the Mayflower that are known to have left descendants; it is estimated that over 30 million people can trace their ancestry back to those 26 families on the Mayflower.

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PYKgO TIL that the word restaurant comes from the first public dining establishments in Paris. The kitchens sold soups and broths which were advertised as 'restoratives' which is where we get the modern word restaurant from.
X06X6 TIL that 2001: A Space Odyssey, and Planet of the Apes were released on the exact same day in 1968
4XrKR TIL contrary to the popular myth that if a horse's legs were raised on a statue, the rider died in battle, there is no correlation between good position and manner of mortality
pYeye TIL between 1913-1915 there were at least 7 instances of people using the Postal Service to mail their young children to relatives. The longest such postage was a 6 year old being mailed over 720 miles from Florida to Virginia.
ne9EB TIL a "nickelodeon" is a small movie theater that shows short-films for a nickel, from the early 1905-1915